The military brought me the computers, the internet and the smartphones. Sillicon Valley merely commercialized the government funded research. And yes, this com

The military brought me the computers, the internet and the smartphones. Sillicon Valley merely commercialized the government funded research. And yes, this commercialization has brought many benefits. But that tap has long went dry. Sillicon Valley innovation now is Juicero, iPhones that change from square to rounded corners every two years and enshitification; not ground breaking innovation. And as for the compute bit of your comment, yes you can. You can outlaw financing of these ventures. You can prosecute the researchers for doing the research. We have these mechanisms. There's ethics boards.